Drawer construction for tables or the like.



L. G. UMPHREY & J. P. McCLOUD.

DRAWER CONSTRUCTION FOR TABLES OR THE LIKE.

APILIOATION FILED JULY 3, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

LOU/a y Jose ah g 2 ATTORNEY.

W/T/VE ES THE NORRIS PETERS CO PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STAS QICE.

LOUIS C. UMPHREY AND JOSEPH F. MCCLOUD, OF MORGANTOWN, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO THE FULSMORE MFG. 00., OF MORGANTOWN, INDIANA, CORPORATION.

DRAVTER CONSTRUCTION FOR TABLES 03. THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 191 1.

Application filed July 3, 1913. Serial No. 777,346.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LOUIS C. UMPHREY and Josnrrr F. MoCLoun, citizens of the United States, and residents of lt iorgantown, county of Morgan, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Drawer Construction for Tables and the like; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved drawer in tables, whereby there will be provided an auxiliary section which will lie within the main drawer when it is closed, but which will extend above the main drawer when it is open and the auxiliary drawer member will be moved into its two positions automatically by merely opening and closing the main drawer. Therefore, with such construction, one is enabled to increase the capacity of the drawer construction without increasing its dimensions.

The nature of the invention will be undcrstood from the accompanying drawings and. the following description and claims:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table containing said drawer construction in closing position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said table with the drawer open. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the upper part of said table, showing the drawer closed. Fig. 4 is the same, showing the drawer open. Fig. 5 is a. section on the line of Fig. t. F 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 4, parts being broken away.

There is shown in the drawings herein a table 10 which is formed so as to receive a main drawer 11 of substantially common type. The drawer 11 may or may not have a transverse intermediate partition 12, as

3 shown. and a top or cover 13 which is hinged at 1 1 to a cross bar 15 immediately above the partition 12. The parts 12, 13 and 15 may be omitted, if desired, but they are used here in connection with an auxiliary drawer section to furnish a writing table or top in front of the auxiliary section. I

The auxiliary section 16 is herein shown with partitions 17 to pigeon hole it, al though that is immateriaL It is supported behind the partition 12 and drawer top 13 by bell crank levers 20 and 21 which'at the end of the long arm are pivoted respectively to the rearward and forward portions of the bottom of said auxiliary drawer 16 and are parallel and at their lower bends are pivoted to a bar 22 secured to the bottom of the main drawer at the same dis tance apart as at their upper ends and so that said auxiliary section 16 may be lowered or elevated in the portion of the main drawer behind the partition 12. The short arms of the bell cranklevers are parallel and connected by a link 23. I Theauxiliary section is elevated by a crank rod 25 oscillatably mounted in brackets 26 secured to the rear lower portion of the auxiliary section 16 and having at each end a rearwardly extending arm and the end of said arm is turned laterally and outwardly so as to project into a slot 27 in a guide board 28 secured in the table at such position that when the main drawer is being drawn outwardly and is at the limit of its outward movement, the outwardly turned ends of the cranks on the rod .25will engage the outer ends of the slot 27, and then further movement of the main door will cause said crank and arms to draw the section 16 upward by cooperating with the bell crank levers 20 and. 21.

WVith this construction when the main drawer is drawn outward to the position shown in Fig. 4, the auxiliary section 16 will be elevated to a higher level than the main drawer, the top or the lid 13 being in alinement with the bottom of the section 16. When the main drawer is pushed inwardly so that the outwardly turned ends of the cranks on the end of the rod 25 are released from the ends of the slots 27, the auxiliary section 16 will descend by gravity toward the bottom part of the main drawer, as shown in Fig. 8. The outwardly turned ends of the crank rod 25 project through hori zontal slots 29 in the side walls of the main drawer 11 near its rear end. The ends of the slots 27 are stops for positively stopping the crank arms and the bottom edges of the slots hold up the end of the crank arm at all times.

To prevent the front end of the drawer construction from sagging and to support the same in a horizontal position, there is a metal plate 30 secured 6n the side of the main drawer 1]. near the rear end which has an outwardly extending horizontal. flange Ell. arranged to lie beneath a corresponding overlapping flange 32 of a metal har 33 which is secured to the plate or partition 28, as shown in Figs. 4- and 5. When the drawer is in its outer position, these flanges ovcr lap and interengage each other and accomplish the function above mentioned with unusual satisfaction. Not only does this arrangement support the drawer in hori- Zontal position when drawn outward, but it takes the strain oil of the wooden structure, table or the like so that the drawer will. not tend to separate the parts of the structure.

The invention is:

1. The combination with a table and the like, and a drawer operating therein, of an auxiliary drawer member adapted to fit in the main drawer, pirotal connections be tween the main drawer and auxiliary menihe a stop at each side of said main drawer, and a rod oscillatahly connected with said auxiliary member and having a cranlr arm at each end inposition to engage said step near the outward limit of movement of the main drawer.

i2. 'lhecombination. with a table and the like, and a drawer operating; therein, of an auxiliary drawer member adapted to fit in the main drawer, a pair of hell crank leve s pirotally connected with the forward and rear hottom portions of the auxiliary drawer I member and also to the bottom of the main 1 drawer as to be parallel. with each other, t link pivotally connecting each pair of oell crank levers together, and means connected with said auxiliary drawer member for engaging said stops near the outer limit of movement of the main drawer so as to elevate and hold elevated said auxiliary ineniheix The combination oi a table and the like, a main drawer therein, said drawer being provided with a longitudinal slot on each side, the table or the like being provided with a stop at each side of said drawer, an auxiliary drawer member adapted to lit in the main drawer, a pair of hell crank levers pivoted to the lower part or" the main drawer and with the lower part of the auxiliary member, a link pivotally connecting each pair of hell crank levers together, and a crank rod oscillatably connected with. the auxiliary drawer member and having at each end a crank arm zujlapted to project through a slot in the main drawer and to en-- cage the stop on the table or the like he tore the main drawer reaches its outward limit of movement.

In witness whereof, we hare hereunto a1tfixed our signatures in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

LOUIS U. UlilPll ilEY. JOSEPH F. MCGLQUD,

iVitiuisses:

ll. McCLoun, G. hilcBninn.

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